This Engineering Management (EM) program is designed to prepare professionals for the Qatari industrial world at levels higher than those requiring an undergraduate degree, and at the same time it will prepare them for doing advanced research.

The program is fundamentally different from MBAs. MBA programs are designed to help prepare people for management roles while focusing on general business and managerial aspects rather than leveraging the technical background. However, in today's world, corporations also demand managers with strong technical backgrounds. The structure of the EM program is unique as it helps the engineers become a more effective technical specialist and strengthens its ability to lead people and projects.

As a specialist, the engineer becomes more effective through understanding how his or her engineering skills can best support the goals of the organization and its customers. In addition, the trained engineering manager becomes uniquely qualified for two types of positions: management of technical functions and the management of broader functions in the high-technology enterprise. The world trend in graduate education suggests that MBA and EM programs are not supplementary but complementary to each other. There are many universities in the Gulf Region and around the globe offer both programs separately.

Program Objectives

Graduates of the Engineering Management program will be able to fulfill most of the following objectives:

Establish a successful engineering management careers in industry or government that will help in advancing the development of the state of Qatar and gulf region.

Establish in-depth proficiency in engineering management fields relevant to local and regional industry.

Develop profound understanding of environmental, societal, global economic and technological aspects to meet the changing needs of a knowledge-based economy by adapting and responding to changes.

Program Outcomes

On completion of the master program, graduates will:

be able to determine the engineering management variables of interest and processes to manage engineering alternatives.

be able to assess the economic, social and environmental requirements, needs and constraints of the system and its impact on the society.

have the ability to manage and administer large technical engineering projects, budgets and existing setups effectively.

be able to use computational tools and management software and theories for finding analytical solutions to problems necessary for the practice of engineering management.

have the ability to apply behavioral principles connected with awareness, communication, productivity, organizational change, and leadership keeping in mind the changing nature of business strategy and economic analysis needs.

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